The Wisconsin State Assembly debate will last all night before lawmakers vote on it Friday morning.

The Wisconsin State Assembly debate will last all night before lawmakers vote on it Friday morning.

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Updated: 10:41 PM CST Mar 5, 2015

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WEBVTT AND THERE IS NEWS BREAKING TONIGHT AT THE STATE CAPITOL. I JUST RETURNED FROM MADISON, WHERE STATE LAWMAKERS ARE PULLING AN ALL-NIGHTER AS THEY DEBATE THE HIGHLY-CONTENTIOUS RIGHT-WORK BILL. THIS IS A LIVE LOOK FROM INSIDE THE ASSEMBLY CHAMBER. THE BILL WOULD GIVE PRIVATE WORKERS THE OPTION OF JOINING A UNION AND PAYING DUES. 13 HOURS INTO WHAT IS EXPECTED TO BE 24 HOURS. IT'S ALL PLAYING OUT BEHIND THESE DOORS HERE IN ROOM 219, THE ASSEMBLY GALLERY. EARLIER THIS EVENING, EVEN MORE HEATED IN THE PUBLIC GALLERY. MORE DEBATE HAD BEGUN WHEN PEOPLE BEGIN TO SHOUT DOWN THE LAWMAKERS. LEADERS INSTRUCTED STATE CAPITOL POLICE TO CLEAR EVERYONE OUT. THE PROTEST OUTSIDE GREW IN SIZE AND VOLUME. ON THE ASSEMBLY FLOOR, REPUBLICANS ASSERTED THAT RIGHT TO WORK WELL MAKE WISCONSIN STRONGER. THE AVERAGE FAMILY HAS 2000 MORE DOLLARS PURCHASING POWER IN THE BANK AT THE END OF THE YEAR. I RISE TO STAND WITH LABOR, THE MIGHTY FORCE THAT BUILT THE STATE AND GOT THIS NATION. DO WHATEVER YOU WANT EARLIER, A CROWD GATHERED OUTSIDE GOVERNOR SCOTT WALKER'S OFFICE, CALLING FOR HIM TO VETO THE BILL. THE GOVERNOR HAS SAID HE WILL SIGN IT. ON THE IS SIMPLY FAR, THE DEBATE PLAYED ON. WHEN RIGHT TO WORK PASSES, WE WILL AND POWER WORKERS. RIGHT TO WORK IS DESPERATELY WRONG FOR WISCONSIN. THAT DEBATE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT, A TOTAL OF 24 HOURS BEFORE THE ASSEMBLY IS EXPECTED TO VOTE AND PASS RIGHT TO WORK TOMORROW MORNING. 24 HOURS IS A LONG TIME. HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SINCE THE ASSEMBLY HAS HELD A MARATHON SESSION ON A TOPIC. NOT OFTEN CARED BY THE TIME THIS IS DONE, THIS WILL BE THE LONGEST FLOOR SESSION SINCE THE 60 HOUR MARATHON DURING THE ACT IN DEBATE FOR YEARS AGO. KENT WAINSCOTT REPORTING LIVE FROM MADISON.

State lawmakers to pull all-nighter debating right-to-work bill

The Wisconsin State Assembly debate will last all night before lawmakers vote on it Friday morning.